Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun pl] [verb] to [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | First overflow records do not add any additional time if the index has two entries per track , and if the index items point to the first record in the overflow chain . |
| 2 | At a cost of $6 million ( £3.3 million ) Japanese architect Arata Isozaki is completing the conversion which retains original details such as the building 's cast-iron columns but introduces exciting new features including a pair of grand steel staircases leading to the first floor , a sharply angled flight of stairs linking to a cafeteria in the basement ( this feature will be completed only after the museum closes for a month at the end of August ) , and panels of etched glass which create a soft filter for natural light . |
| 3 | It was in 1851 that the Great Northern Railway established its locomotive works in Doncaster , and twelve years later the amalgamation of a number of railway companies led to the first regional monopoly , the North Eastern Railway , this business being engineered mainly by George Hudson , the ‘ Railway King ’ . |
| 4 | From local origins — Station KDKA in Pittsburgh — the transmission of radio broadcasts grew to the first national network , the National Broadcasting Company ( NBC ) of 1926 , closely followed by the Columbia Broadcasting Company ( CBC ) in 1927 . |
| 5 | ‘ ( 4 ) Are the answers to questions ( 2 ) and ( 3 ) affected by the fact that the measure in question has been introduced with the object and effect of rendering a number of fishing vessels which immediately prior to the date of such measure coming into effect have been duly registered in and licensed to fish by the member state in question and which are to a substantial extent beneficially owned by nationals of another member state , resident and domiciled in that other member state , ineligible to fly the flag of the first member state with the result that they cease to be eligible to fish against the catch quotas allocated to the first member state under the Common Fisheries Policy unless ownership and management of the vessels are transferred to citizens of the first member state resident and domiciled therein in accordance with the provisions of the said measure ? |
| 6 | ‘ ( 4 ) Are the answers to questions ( 2 ) and ( 3 ) affected by the fact that the measure in question has been introduced with the object and effect of rendering a number of fishing vessels which immediately prior to the date of such measure coming into effect have been duly registered in and licensed to fish by the member state in question and which are to a substantial extent beneficially owned by nationals of another member state , resident and domiciled in that other member state , ineligible to fly the flag of the first member state with the result that they cease to be eligible to fish against the catch quotas allocated to the first member state under the Common Fisheries Policy unless ownership and management of the vessels are transferred to citizens of the first member state resident and domiciled therein in accordance with the provisions of the said measure ? |